[EmployedRussian]

I've worked at Google for 8 years.

The only way you are likely to see "another 100k on a good year" is if you sell all the RSUs you've got that year.

I've see a few people "add a couple of million" when their project of 7 years succeeded, but these were very senior people.

I think it's an illusion to think that rank and file SWEs will ever have an "add a few million" year.

> who do you think is buying all these houses?

I see very few rank and file Google SWEs being able to afford anything within 1 hour commute of Mountain View.

[beachstartup]

so what you're saying is, you've seen everything i've described happen, at least to "a few people", and you're just one guy.